Tonight I roasted my first batch of coffee beans.  They’re darker than I would have liked but I think they’ll be palatable. My roaster is a bread maker and hot air gun.  I hot-wired the bread machine’s stirring motor to a switch, and for now I simply point the air gun down into the basket. … Continue reading First Coffee Roasting Attempt

I’m impressed with the cleanliness of my vacuum pot’s coffee.  It leaves a lot less sediment as compared to french press, and that last swallow is tolerable rather than being nasty.  The reason a vacuum pot leaves less dust in the cup is that the coffee is pulled through a filter bed forrmed by the… Continue reading Vacuum Pot Filtration

Recently I picked up a gasketed Cory vacuum coffee pot off of eBay.  It was “new” in box which was labled “Regent Range”, model DKG-S.  It came with the standard Cory glass filter rod not the “new” one.  The top half is model DRU while the bottom is model DRL. The gasket was in good… Continue reading Cory Vacuum Coffee Pot